About The Role
Are you a Senior People Partner or a HR Business Partner who is looking for your next opportunity to work in a dynamic HR environment where you can support the Director of People?
Are you able to demonstrate your experience in managing multiple, significant and complex employee relations cases?
Do you have proven experience in operational ER leadership and people partnering roles?
If so read on! Join us during an exciting time of transformation at NHS Professionals. We are changing how we operate—making our processes
smarter, simpler, and faster
to sustainably enable our mission of putting
people in more places to care . This
People Partner
will play a key role in fostering a positive, compliant, and productive work environment that supports our employees’ well-being while meeting the needs of the business. In this role, you will help drive our success and employee satisfaction by providing expert guidance to managers on handling cases effectively, consistently, and fairly. While this role allows for remote work, the contractual place of work will be our Leeds/Hemel office. This means that, while most of your responsibilities can be performed from home, you may occasionally need to attend the Leeds/Hemel office for key meetings, training, or other essential activities. Responsibilities will include: Supporting positive employee relations, advising on employment law, and ensure compliance. Providing coaching to managers and leaders on best practices in handling employee matters. Championing DEI initiatives to create an inclusive workplace. Handling sensitive cases like harassment or discrimination with fairness and thorough documentation. Keeping up-to-date on labour laws and advising on compliance to avoid legal risks. Guiding managers on feedback, performance management, and disciplinary actions. Promoting strategies to enhance employee engagement and retain top talent. Creating meaningful reports and analysing data to inform decisions. Collaborating with managers and functional leadership teams to shape and implement departmental and people strategies, as well as lead change and transformation initiatives. About The Candidate To be successful you must be able to demonstrate: Strong understanding of P&L/I&E and the ability to interpret key people metrics. Knowledge of HR legislation, best practices, and the Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (ED&I) agenda. Proven experience in operational ER leadership and people partnering roles. Strong interpersonal, influencing, and negotiation skills. Ability to coach, mentor, and support at all management levels. Excellent communication (written, verbal, and presentation) and analytical abilities. Effective prioritisation skills and management of high workloads in a fast-paced environment. Additionally, if you hold any of the following coaching qualifications this would be beneficial to the role: Apprenticeship L5 Professional Coaching, or Level 5 Diploma in Coaching and mentoring. The academy of Executive coaching diploma, ICF accreditation, EMCC and associate of coaching accreditation. About Us In return for your commitment, we will offer you some fantastic benefits: Generous annual leave allowance
- 27 days per year, plus bank holidays. A commitment to talent management & development. Star of the Month!
- Our star of the month award enables you to recognise colleagues or teams that have gone the extra mile and they could win £100 worth of shopping vouchers. Pension
– We’ll contribute up to 10% towards your pension if you join our stakeholder pension scheme. Life Assurance. Group Income Protection. Wellbeing Programme. Employee Assistance Programme. Employee Engagement & discounts platform. About Us: NHS Professionals (NHSP) run the largest NHS flexible staff bank, placing highly skilled temporary workers in NHS Trusts to meet their short, medium and long-term needs. Uniquely we are owned by the Department of Health and Social Care and we therefore reinvest any surplus we make directly back into the NHS. We are particularly proud of being the first NHS organisation to gain the accreditation of
Top Employer
by the Top Employers Institute. This is a huge testament to our ongoing commitment to making NHSP a great place to work for all our corporate employees.
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smarter, simpler, and faster
to sustainably enable our mission of putting
people in more places to care . This
People Partner
will play a key role in fostering a positive, compliant, and productive work environment that supports our employees’ well-being while meeting the needs of the business. In this role, you will help drive our success and employee satisfaction by providing expert guidance to managers on handling cases effectively, consistently, and fairly. While this role allows for remote work, the contractual place of work will be our Leeds/Hemel office. This means that, while most of your responsibilities can be performed from home, you may occasionally need to attend the Leeds/Hemel office for key meetings, training, or other essential activities. Responsibilities will include: Supporting positive employee relations, advising on employment law, and ensure compliance. Providing coaching to managers and leaders on best practices in handling employee matters. Championing DEI initiatives to create an inclusive workplace. Handling sensitive cases like harassment or discrimination with fairness and thorough documentation. Keeping up-to-date on labour laws and advising on compliance to avoid legal risks. Guiding managers on feedback, performance management, and disciplinary actions. Promoting strategies to enhance employee engagement and retain top talent. Creating meaningful reports and analysing data to inform decisions. Collaborating with managers and functional leadership teams to shape and implement departmental and people strategies, as well as lead change and transformation initiatives. About The Candidate To be successful you must be able to demonstrate: Strong understanding of P&L/I&E and the ability to interpret key people metrics. Knowledge of HR legislation, best practices, and the Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (ED&I) agenda. Proven experience in operational ER leadership and people partnering roles. Strong interpersonal, influencing, and negotiation skills. Ability to coach, mentor, and support at all management levels. Excellent communication (written, verbal, and presentation) and analytical abilities. Effective prioritisation skills and management of high workloads in a fast-paced environment. Additionally, if you hold any of the following coaching qualifications this would be beneficial to the role: Apprenticeship L5 Professional Coaching, or Level 5 Diploma in Coaching and mentoring. The academy of Executive coaching diploma, ICF accreditation, EMCC and associate of coaching accreditation. About Us In return for your commitment, we will offer you some fantastic benefits: Generous annual leave allowance
- 27 days per year, plus bank holidays. A commitment to talent management & development. Star of the Month!
- Our star of the month award enables you to recognise colleagues or teams that have gone the extra mile and they could win £100 worth of shopping vouchers. Pension
– We’ll contribute up to 10% towards your pension if you join our stakeholder pension scheme. Life Assurance. Group Income Protection. Wellbeing Programme. Employee Assistance Programme. Employee Engagement & discounts platform. About Us: NHS Professionals (NHSP) run the largest NHS flexible staff bank, placing highly skilled temporary workers in NHS Trusts to meet their short, medium and long-term needs. Uniquely we are owned by the Department of Health and Social Care and we therefore reinvest any surplus we make directly back into the NHS. We are particularly proud of being the first NHS organisation to gain the accreditation of
Top Employer
by the Top Employers Institute. This is a huge testament to our ongoing commitment to making NHSP a great place to work for all our corporate employees.
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